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If this is a Mid Life Crisis Im loving it......
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13-12-2010 8:52pm#1I decided today was a good time to start my 1st training log for the following reasons :
(1) Finally ,at last and thank God I've cracked the habbit and gave up the smokes..( will now use my cigarette money to finance my various future marathon plans )
(2) I decided to give the body a rest when the bad weather arrived and as a result today was my 1st run in about 11 days and
(3) Im not very good at keeping notes of my training so this log will hopefully inprove that..
Background:
Im 39 years old and started running in March 09 when I got roped in running the Chicago marathon for The Marie Keating Foundation.. ( At the time it was the taught of a week away from the Whipper Snappers rather than the marathon that convinced me to sign up
).. Anyway I arrived home to tell the OH my plans and from memory her reply went something like " Your going where.... to do what.....Jez sure u can't run to the shops how do u expect to run 26 miles.... I think ur having a Mid Life Crisis!!!..."
To start my training was very basic and I used to run every second day. Gradually I became fitter and the weight fell off me but it was only when I got to sample the whole Marathon Experience in Chicago that my passion for running really took off..I've basically been running constantly since and am loving every minute of it..
Marathons Done:
September 2009 : Chicago 3.27.xx
October 2009 : Dublin 3.26.xx
March 2010 : Barcelona 3.21.04
September 2010 : Berlin 3.04.52
October 2010 : Dublin 2.59.02
Next up for me is Barcelona again in March 2011.. I loved the experience last year, its a nice city and the course is mostly flat. Then its the Conn Ultra in April but this training log is focused entirely on Barcelona.. When its done I'll then try and figure out how to get around Conn :rolleyes:
As regards training plans Im going to use Hidgon's Advance Marathon Plan as a template and add a few little variations of my own..
Looking back on the slagging I got from my OH I think she was right... It was probably the start of a " Mid Life Crisis " but as I dont like Tatoo's , cant ride a Motorbike and most certainally dont have the time or indeed money for an Affair , Running seemed the only logical path
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Liamo, that's a lot of days without a break, no? If you do the 18 miler, it'll have been 9 by my count. Must check out a few plans but I thought they almost all suggest a rest day per week.
Maybe not - just looking at Cool Running Advanced there. Not many rest days!! Also noticed they suggest a 28 mile run. Do many people actually do that distance in training??
Fair point Itzinger...I was silly to try and do 18 tis morning 4 the simple reason that I had v long day at work yesterday and did'nt get enough sleep last nite...
As regards rest days if work permits and family life permits I'l go 4 a run, if not I'l take a rest day.....I dont have specific rest days in my training plan( tbh Im not really following any set plan, just doing my own thing ) but there have been previous weeks when I might take 1 or 2 rest days and that will b no different in the future..
The longest LSR i've ever done is 20 miles...I aint going any further until Ive run Barcelona then Ive the Conn Ultra 2 look forward 2
so will have to increase LSR's then.... 0 -
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